Re: Fossil Identification?



Feles wrote:
I'm wondering if anyone on this newsgroup can help me to identify the
below fossil, which I found on the surface in south Louisiana:

http://www.fotothing.com/photos/fc6/fc6f4df57c46e3a6b7950f8d5e582172.jpg?ts=1201617265

The reverse side is shown here:

http://www.fotothing.com/photos/d44/d44eb407199f1607bce56dc0d78d0051.jpg?ts=1201617798

I at first thought it was a crinoid, but I find it's too large to
correspond to most descriptions of crinoids.

Could it be coral?

Thanks,

Feles

....Looks more like a Jam Tart to me....
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